Edward J. Larson
Autor von Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion
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Edward John Larson (born in 1953) is an American historian and legal scholar. He is University Professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. He received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and mehr anzeigen America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. The book argues that Inherit the Wind (both the play and the movie) misrepresented the actual Scopes Trial. Larson was born in Mansfield, Ohio, and attended Mansfield public schools. He graduated from Williams College and received his law degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin--Madison. In 2004, Larson received an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from The Ohio State University. He held the Fulbright Program's John Adams Chair in American Studies in 2000-2001. In 2015 his biography The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, became listed on the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- 1953-09-21
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- Mansfield, Ohio, USA
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- Athens, Georgia, USA
Malibu, California, USA
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Williams College (AB|1974)
University of Wisconsin (MA|History|1976)
Harvard University (JD|1979)
University of Wisconsin (PhD|History|1984) - Berufe
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